A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
Used in a Sentence
pothole
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pothole.
Editorial note
But my HOA resolves parking issues (including the cost of towing vehicles), as well as pothole repairs.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pothole gathered in one view.
A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pothole.
noun
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
noun
A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
noun
A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.
noun
(Australia, mining) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.
Example sentences
But my HOA resolves parking issues (including the cost of towing vehicles), as well as pothole repairs.
A mayor, governor, president needs to state the policy change before the pothole filler is permitted to observe it.
Making a work of art, patching a pothole, giving someone the finger, giving your cat a ball of yarn.
It's like a 10ft deep pothole on Broadway that won't get fixed because traditionalists see it as a 'national monument'.
If it worked, the general public would know Snowden only as the pothole-fixing guy.
They then stand next to the filled-in pothole soliciting tips from grateful motorists.
Should I not bike in my free time, because I might hit a pothole, endo, and break my arm?
Or that knew nearly nothing about parking, couldn’t be taken out in snow or heavy rain, and would drive straight over a gaping pothole?
A petition to the mayor about a pothole in front of your house or a love letter to the girl next door will do.
As a resident of Michigan, where the roads typically consist of more pothole than road, this would be useless at best and dangerous at worst.
Reminds me of the pothole artist in Chicago.
A pothole of stereotypes combined with cheesy imagery.
Quote examples
"Urmson also says the car can’t detect potholes or spot an uncovered manhole if it isn’t coned off." People aren't that great at this either, especially in traffic where the hole is obscured until the last second, at least an automated car that reports home could, via various sensors, detect hitting "something that felt like a pothole" and send that information out to other cars in the region.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pothole in a sentence?
But my HOA resolves parking issues (including the cost of towing vehicles), as well as pothole repairs.
What does pothole mean?
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
What part of speech is pothole?
pothole is commonly used as noun.